As the world’s manufacturing center, China has been attracting a large number of foreign enterprises to invest in the sheet metal industry. The market is more and more broad, to quickly seize the market demand, we need more high-quality and efficient processing technology, so the application of fiber laser cutting machine in sheet metal processing industry is more and more extensive.
The high-tech fiber laser cutting machine will also become the main tool for the development of the sheet metal industry. With the continuous introduction of advanced laser equipment, the development of the sheet metal industry is unstoppable. Driven by the fiber laser cutting machine, the prospect of the sheet metal processing industry is very broad.
As we all know, the sheet metal processing industry has undergone several generations of change. In the sheet metal 1.0 era, coppersmiths carried the burden everywhere to repair. In the 1970 s, simple mechanical processing began to appear in people’s vision, and technologies such as electric welding became more mature. With the development of the times, people’s increasing living standards and accelerating the pace of life, the need for a more effective and rapid sheet metal processing method, laser cutting machine was born. So why can the laser cutting machine stand out in many processing methods? What advantages does it have?
The traditional sheet metal processing technology “shearing-punching-bending-welding” or “flame plasma cutting-bending-welding”, low efficiency, poor quality, in the face of multi-variety, small batch, customized, high quality, short delivery time orders, showing obvious inadaptability. Laser cutting process as a “shear-punching” alternative process, with the characteristics of flexibility and high flexibility, often used in the manufacture of complex shapes or special-shaped workpieces and samples (single or small batch).
Disadvantages of traditional sheet metal processing
1. Traditional sheet metal cutting equipment occupies a considerable share in the market. Before the advent of laser cutting equipment, they made an important contribution to the development of the sheet metal industry. However, compared with modern technologies such as laser cutting, it has obvious disadvantages, which greatly affects the competitiveness of enterprises.
2. Traditional sheet metal blanking equipment mostly uses shearing machines, which can only be used for straight cutting and cannot achieve cutting of complex shapes.
3. The traditional sheet metal punching equipment mostly uses numerical control or turret punch, which has restrictions on the cutting of steel plates with a thickness greater than 1.5mm, and the cutting quality is not good, the cost is high, and the noise is large, which is not conducive to environmental protection.
4. Flame cutting, as the original traditional cutting method, is only suitable for rough machining, and the cutting quality is poor, the speed is slow, the thermal deformation is large, and it is easy to produce waste.
Plasma cutting is similar to flame cutting. When cutting thin steel plate, the thermal deformation is very large, and the slope is also large. It cannot be used when the precision is high, and the consumables are more expensive.
Advantages of laser cutting
1. Laser cutting has a high degree of flexibility, fast cutting speed, high production efficiency, and short product production cycle. Whether it is simple or complex parts, laser can be used to achieve a rapid forming cutting;
2. Narrow cutting, good cutting quality, high degree of automation, easy operation, low labor intensity and no pollution;
3. It can realize automatic cutting and nesting, improve the utilization rate of materials, no tool wear, and good material adaptability;
4. Low production cost and good economic benefit.
The application advantages of laser cutting technology in sheet metal processing can simplify the processing process, reduce the product development cycle, improve work efficiency, and reduce the cost of processing, thus helping enterprises to create more high-quality sheet metal processing workpieces. Therefore, in the actual processing, we should also correctly understand the application advantages and characteristics of laser cutting technology in sheet metal processing, and continuously improve its utilization rate, so as to process more high-quality workpieces, and lay a good foundation for its further application, so as to continuously meet the needs of industrial development and consumers, and create higher economic and social benefits.